ITEE IT Passport case studies
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The Information Technology Passport Examination (IT Passport, abbreviated IP) is a Japanese national IT examination administered by IPA, the Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan. It is aimed at working professionals and people preparing to become professionals who should hold common foundational IT knowledge - people who either work in IT-related roles or intend to apply IT within their own assigned work. The ITEE IT Passport case studies are 6 cases and about 2,740 words.
1Warehouse Inventory System: Choosing a Backup Strategy
A mid-sized parts distributor runs an on-premises inventory database. The database is 400 GB, and a full backup takes 5 hours.
552 words, about 3 min2Password Policy vs. Help Desk Load
A company with 800 employees introduced a password policy: minimum 12 characters, at least one uppercase, one lowercase, one digit, and one symbol; change every 60 days; no reuse of the last 10 passwords. Within three months the help desk reports 40 password-reset tickets per day, up from 5.
471 words, about 2 min3Agile Delivery Under a Fixed Deadline
A team of six developers is building an internal expense-approval system. The contract fixes the delivery date at 20 weeks and the price.
443 words, about 2 min4IoT Sensor Data: Sampling and Storage Trade-off
A factory installs 200 temperature sensors on machines. Each sensor reports one reading per second, 24 hours a day.
388 words, about 2 min5System Development: Buy vs. Build for a Small Retailer
A regional retailer with 12 stores wants a point-of-sale and stock system. The in-house IT team is two people who currently maintain the network and email.
456 words, about 2 min6Logical Reasoning: The Faulty Correlation in a Marketing Report
A marketing analyst reports: 'Stores that ran our email campaign had 18% higher sales last quarter than stores that did not. Therefore the campaign caused an 18% sales lift; we should roll it out to all stores.' The data: 30 stores ran the campaign, 20 did not.
430 words, about 2 min